. >> george bush is on the phone. >> hello? hello? >> mr. president? >> that's h.w. bush. he had seen the speech, too. >> i really was proud of you, and my golly, i know it was tough and i just wanted to till you that. >> reporter: this time nixon sounds anxious to wrap up. >> this is going to come through good. >> okay, boy. >> a lot of people are rooting for you. >> how good of you to call. >> reporter: the tapes would spell the end of nixon in office despite what ronald reagan said when they wrapped up. >> ron, it's damn nice of you to call. >> this, too, shall pass. >> reporter: it did not. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> amazing, hearing the tapes knowing what is eventually going to happen. he is in the middle of it. april 30th, 1973, and he resigned on august 8th, 1974. still over a year to go. year and a half to go from that moment. >> i'm sure after all of that. he thought maybe i am in the clear. >> yes. exhale. no. >> not at all. also, hearing tiny snippets of this. this apparently posted by national archives and record administration, 340 hours long. >> i